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(No Model.) A. WARTH.

BOWLING ALLEY.

Patented Mar. 1, 1892'.

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ALBIN WVARTH, OF STAPLETON, NEW YORK.

BOWLING- ALLEY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 470,023,'dated March 1,1892.

Application filed $eptember 10, 1891. Serial No. 405,294- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBIN W'ARTH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Stapleton, in the county of Richmond and State of New York,have invented new and useful Improvements in Bowling-Alleys, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in bowling-alleys whichare provided with movable setting-guides, said improvements beingpointed out in the following specification and claims and illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan or top view ofthat part of a bowling-alley on which the pins are set up and which Iterm the pin-platform. Fig. 2 is a side elevation when thesetting-guides are adjusted for ten-pins. Fig. 3 is a similar elevationwhen the settin g-guides are adjusted for nine-pins. Figztis an invertedplan. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal vertical section in the plane 00 m, Figs.1 and 2, when the ten-pin settingguides are in their active position.Fig. 6 is a similar section in the same plane when the nine-pinsetting-guides are in their active position.

In the drawings, the letter A designates the pin-platform, which isperforated with two sets of holes Ct a a a a a, and beneath which aresituated two carriers or frames B and 0, one of which carries thesetting-guides b b b, which engage the holes a a a, while the othercarries the setting-guides c c c, which engage the holes a a a. In theexample shown in the drawings the numbers and positions of the holes a aa and setting-guides b b b are adjusted for ten-pins and the numbers andpositions of the holes a a a and setting-guides c c c are adjusted fornine-pins; but it is obvious that the numbers of the holes and of thesettingguides can be adjusted to different numbers of pins if it evershould be desirable to do so. The frame C is located beneath the frame13. I V

The frames B O are controlled each by four levers cl d e e,respectively,the levers d d, which carry the upper or ten-pin frame 13,being mounted on the inner ends of rock-shafts d d, while the levers ee, which carry the lower or nine-pin frame 0, are mounted on the innerends of rock-shafts e 6, so that when the rock-shafts cl cl are movedsimultaneously in the same direction the frame 13 is raised or lowereduniformly, and in the same manner a uniform rising-and-falling motioncan be imparted to the frame 0 by means of the rockand the levers d d oneach side of the alley are connected by rods D D, while the levers e eare connected by rods E E.

F F are the actuating-levers, which can be thrown in gear either withthe rods D D or with the rods E E by the following means: Said leversare firmly mounted on a rock-shaft f, which is situated behind the rearboard U and has its hearings in brackets g, secured to the side timbersT of the alley. From the lower ends of the levers F F extend rods G G,the front ends'of which engage pins 71., which project from arms t.These arms are firmly mounted upon a rock-shaftj, which has its.bearings in the side timbers T and on which is firmly mounted a lever H.Then this lever is moved to the position shown in Fig. 2, the rods G Gare raised and thrown in gear with the rods D D by means of notches 70,formed in the upper edges of the rods G G and with studs Z projectingfrom the rods D D, and when the lever H is moved to the position shownin Fig. 3 the notches k in the lower edges of the rods G G are thrown ingear with studs Z, projecting from the rods E E. Consequently if thelever H occupies the position shown in Fig. 2 the frame B, which carriesthe setting-guides b, is in gear with the actuating-lever F, and bymoving this lever the frame B can be raised or lowered and thesetting-guides can be moved into their active or inactive position,while the setting-guides c are not affected by the movements of thelever F, and if the lever H occupies the position shown in Fig. 3, theframe 0, which carries the setting-guides c, is thrown in gear with theactuating-lever F and the last-named setting-guides can be moved intotheir active or inactive position, while the setting-guides b Z) are notaffected by the movements of the lever F. In the side timber T aresecured studs V, which assist in guiding the rods D E.

The lever H can be locked either-in the position shown in Fig. 2 or inthat shown in Fig. 3 by means of a stop on, which is inserted in one ofthe holes m in the timber T. The actuating-lever F is locked in theposition shown in Figs. 2 and 3 by a stop n, which is secured to theboard U, and in order to retain it in this position the shaftfslides inits bearings and is subjected to the action of a spring 0, which has atendency to force it in the direction of arrow 1, Fig. 1. In order torelease the lever F from the stop or, the shaft fmust be moved againstthe action of the spring 0 until the lever F clears the stop.

The setting-guides b c are yielding, being set upon springs 19, whichare secured to the frames B C, so that when either set of setting,-guides is raised to its active position and a ball or pin or other heavyarticle is dropped down upon them they can give and the setting-guidesor their frames are not liable to become injured. The pins intended tobe used on this bowling-alley are provided with sockets to engage thesetting-guides.

I do not claim in this application for a patent anything shown anddescribed in an application for a patent filed by me May 2,1891, SerialNo. 391,386.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with the pin-platform and with two sets ofsetting-guides, of an actuating-lever and means for throwing the leverin gear with either set of setting-guides, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the perforated pin-platform, of aframe carryingthe elastically-supported setting-guides, and means for raising andlowering these settingguides through the perforations in thepin-platform, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

ALBIN WARTH.

Witnesses:

WM. 0. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER.

